St Scholastica'S College

St Scholastica's College, is an independent day and boarding, Roman Catholic school for girls, located in Glebe Point, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1878 by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, the College provides quality education to girls from the Sydney region, and currently caters for approximately 1010 students from Years 7 to 12, including 80 boarders from international, remote and urban areas. St Scholastica's is an independent school of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, and is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools' Association . HistorySt Scholastica's College was founded by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan in 1878, on a site in Pitt Street where Sydney's Central Railway Station now stands. In 1901, in order to make way for the development of the railway station, the college moved to its current site in Glebe Point, taking only the historic front gates (which are now positioned at the entrance to the school) and several stained glass windows. The Glebe Point site was previously the Toxteth Park Estate, a property built in 1829 by John Verge, and owned by George Allen (1800 - 1877), the first solicitor to be trained in Australia.

St Scholastica's College, is an independent day and boarding, Roman Catholic school for girls, located in Glebe Point, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1878 by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan, the College provides quality education to girls from the Sydney region, and currently caters for approximately 1010 students from Years 7 to 12, including 80 boarders from international, remote and urban areas. St Scholastica's is an independent school of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, and is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools' Association . HistorySt Scholastica's College was founded by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan in 1878, on a site in Pitt Street where Sydney's Central Railway Station now stands. In 1901, in order to make way for the development of the railway station, the college moved to its current site in Glebe Point, taking only the historic front gates (which are now positioned at the entrance to the school) and several stained glass windows. The Glebe Point site was previously the Toxteth Park Estate, a property built in 1829 by John Verge, and owned by George Allen (1800 - 1877), the first solicitor to be trained in Australia.